The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 69
La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise
1872–73
Alternate titles: La Maison du Père Bernard; La Route du village; La Route du Village (Auvers); La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (rue des Pilonnes); Strasse in Auvers
Rewald: (191) 1872–73; Venturi revised: 1872–73; Venturi: (134) 1872–73
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 13/16 in. (46 x 55.3 cm)
Signed lower left in red: P. Cezanne
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Rétrospective Paul Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926. Four watercolors (nos. 30–33 and no. 58) were also shown, no. 46, as La Route du village, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1934. According to Musée d'Orsay, this was a Cézanne exhibition, although no venue is named.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 9, (dated 1872–73), as Strasse in Auvers, lent by Private collection, Basel.
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris, Oeuvres choisies (des XIXe et XXe siècles, May–June 1938, no. 6, as La Route du village, 1872-73, lent by Private collection.
Galerie Kaganovitch, Paris, Oeuvres choisies du XIXe siècle, May 22–July 5, 1950, no. 3, (size: 46 x 56 cm, dated 1872–73), as La route du village, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
Orangerie, Paris, Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers-sur-Oise, November 26, 1954–February 28, 1955. Introduction by L. van Ryssel [Paul Gachet fils]; preface by Germain Bazin; catalogue notes by Albert Chatelet, no. 11, as La route du village.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Fritz Novotny), no. 10, ill., lent by Private collection, France.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Gotthard Jedlicka). Watercolors and drawings were also shown, no. 204a.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974 (exhibition catalogue; catalogue by Michel Hoog in collaboration with Simone Rufenacht and Geneviève Monnier), no. 9.
Septentrion, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France, Impressionnisme, October 18, 1980–January 25, 1981.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March–April 1984 (exhibition catalogue), no. 8, ill.
Städtische Galerie Böblingen, Germany, Zwischen Himmel und Erde: Camille Pissarro und die Maler des Oise-Tals, September 7–November 2, 2003. Traveled to: Musée Tavet, Pontoise, France, November 15, 2003–January 26, 2004 (French title: Camille Pissarro et les peintres de la vallée de l'Oise.).
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 48, ill., p. 139 (dated c. 1872–74), as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–September 12, 2006. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Van Gogh, los ultimos paisajes: Auvers-sur-Oise, May 20–July 29, 2007.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Corot: Souvenirs et variations, June 14–August 31, 2008. Traveled to: Municpal Museum, Kobe, Japan, September 13–December 7, 2008. Musée des beaux-arts, Reims, France, February 20–May 24, 2009. Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy, November 27, 2009–March 7, 2010.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Switzerland, Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017. Curated by Daniel Marchesseau (exhibition catalogue), no. 20, ill., lent by Musée d'Orsay.
Published References
Borély, Jules. "Cézanne à Aix." Art Vivant, no. 2 (July 1, 1926), p. 492, ill.
Charensol, Georges. "Les Détracteurs de Cézanne." Art Vivant (July 1926), p. 494, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 134, ill. vol. II as La Route du Village (Auvers).
Benesch, Otto. "Cézanne." Die Kunst 75 (1937), p. 67, ill.
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, no. XXIX.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 17.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, p. 207, no. 123, list of motifs.
Rewald, John. Cézanne, Sa Vie, son oeuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 30.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 38.
Soffici, Ardengo. Trenta Artisti moderni italiani et stranieri. Firenze: Vallecchi, 1950, p. 367, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 26.
Gachet, Paul. Deux amis des impressionnistes: le Docteur Gachet et Murer. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1956, p. 59 as La Maison du Père Bernard.
Reidemeister, Leopold. Auf den Spuren der Maler der Ile de France. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1963, p. 58, ill. (with photograph of the subject; for another photograph see V. 1591).
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 6.
Cézanne, Paul. Letters. Translated by Marguerite Kay. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1976, p. 138.
Arnold, Matthias. "Cézanne und van Gogh: Die beiden grossen Postimpressionisten: Ein Vergleich, II." Weltkunst 56 (January 15, 1986), p. 32, fig. 16.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 38, fig. 14, with photograph of motif, fig. 13 as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 191, ill. vol. 2 as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise.
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 25, ill, with old postcard view of motif, p. 24.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 29, fig. 11.
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 22–23, ill. as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (rue des Pilonnes), with old postcard view of motif; new name for street is rue François-Coppée.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 71, fig. 15c, with black and white postcard and color photo of motif, figs. 15a and 15b as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (rue des Pilonnes).
Armand Rondest, to whom Cézanne gave this painting to settle a debt, was a grocer in Pontoise (rue de la Roche). Note: see Correspondance, early 1874 for letter from Cézanne presumably to Rondest. The road, once called the rue des Pilonnes is today the rue François Coppée.
Record last updated June 26, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise, 1872–73 (FWN 69)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. http://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=195 (accessed on February 23, 2019).